2022 Nov CE243 DCN

Candidate Seat no………….
CHAROTAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

3rd Semester of B. Tech. (CE & CSE) Examination Nov 2022
CE257 DATA COMMUNICATION & NETWORKING
Date: 25.11.2022, Friday Time: 10.00 am to 01.00 pm Maximum Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. The question paper comprises two sections.
2. Section I and II must be attempted in separate answer sheets.
3. Make suitable assumptions and draw neat figures wherever required.
4. Use of scientific calculator is allowed.
SECTION – I
Q-1 Answer the question below. [11]
A What is the function of the twisting in twisted-pair cable? [1]
B Distinguish between a link and a channel in multiplexing specially in guided media. [1]
C An analog signal carries 4 bits per signal element. If 1000(one thousand) signal [1]
elements are sent per second, find the bit rate.
D What are the advantages of guided media over unguided media? [1]
E Write the way of propagation of right [2]
side diagram. How does it differ from
line-of- sight propagation?
F Define the terms: Transmission Delay and Propagation delay. [2]

G Light signal is travelling through a fiber. What is the delay in the signal if the length of [3]
the fiber-optic cable is 10 m, 1000 m, and 1200 Km (assume a propagation speed of 2
× 108 m)?
Q–2 Answer any THREE questions. [12]

A What is Simplex, Half-duplex and Full duplex communication? Give examples of each.
B Draw the graph of the NRZ-L scheme using each of the following data streams,
assuming that the last signal level has been positive.
a. 00000000 b. 11111111 c. 01010101 d. 00110011
C What is the Nyquist sampling rate for each of the following signals?
a. A low-pass signal with bandwidth of 200 KHz?
b. A band-pass signal with bandwidth of 200 KHz if the lowest frequency is 100 KHz?
D Which encoding method is costly to implement having (1) No self-synchronization if
long 0s or 1s and (2) Presence of DC component heavily. By taking suitable binary
pattern, explain that encoding technique.
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Q-3 Answer any TWO. [12]
A We have four sources, each creating 250 characters per second. If the interleaved unit
is a character and 1 synchronizing bit is added to each frame, find
(1) the data rate of each source,
(2) the duration of each character in each source,
(3) the frame rate,
(4) the duration of each frame,
(5) the number of bits in each frame, and
(6) the data rate of the link using Time Division Multiplexing for the digital signal.
B Define the analog hierarchy used by telephone companies and list different levels of
the hierarchy.
C List and draw several topologies for networking. Write advantages and disadvantage
of each topology.
SECTION – II
Q-4 Answer the question below. [11]
A Justify: Ethernet provides a connectionless service. [1]
B What one of the following is Type field of Ethernet. [1]
1. IP 2. TCP 3. UDP 4. DNS
C Which one of the following is multicast hardware address? [1]
i. EA:30:10:21:10:1A
ii. E7:20:1B:2E:08:EE
iii. FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
D ___________byte is a minimum length and __________byte is a maximum length of [1]
header of Ethernet including header length of 18 bytes.
E Which of the following is a random-access protocol? [1]
a. CSMA/CD b. Polling c. TDMA
F There is no acknowledgment mechanism in CSMA/CD, but we need ACK mechanism [1]
in CSMA/CA. Explain the reason.
G Draw only : The flow chart / procedure chart of ALOHA. [2]
H Bahubali and Bhallaladeva are studying in one of the IITs. Bahubali and Bhallaladeva [3]
owns very old machines and designing networking protocol. They are having
limitations that in their machine they have limited buffer size which accommodate only
one frame. Show your solution with finite state machine to design communication
protocol at data link layer with that constraint.
Q–5 Answer any THREE questions. [12]

A Explain why collision is an issue in random access protocols but not in controlled
access protocols.
B What are the layers of OSI model? Write functionality of each layer.
C Write the difference between packet switching and circuit switching.
D A bit stream 11010110110010101101111 is received at receiver side using the
standard CRC method. The generator polynomial is x3+x2+x. Show that whether frame
contains error or not?
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Q-6 Answer any TWO. [12]
A By taking following diagram, write step-by-step generation of routing table of HQ,
BRANCH-1, BRANCH-2 routers using Distance Vector Routing(DVR) protocol.
B Write Procedure and draw flowchart to calculate the traditional checksum.

C Wireless LAN (Wifi) uses single channel (2.4 Ghz) for the communication. Draw and
explain flow chart / diagram of accessing channel in wireless LAN.
D Prove that if the length of the media is shorter or the frame size longer, the efficiency
increases. [Use following parameter to showcase In the Standard Ethernet with the
transmission rate of 10 Mbps, we assume that the length of the medium is 2500 m and
the size of the frame is 512,1024, 2048 bits. The propagation speed of a signal in a
cable is normally 2 × 108 m/s.]
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F Define the terms: Transmission Delay and Propagation delay. [2]

Q–2 Answer any THREE questions. [12]

Q–5 Answer any THREE questions. [12]

B Write Procedure and draw flowchart to calculate the traditional checksum.

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